Sterling Quinn has jump-started the mapping process with both a tagging scheme over on the Food_security as well as his presentation from State of the Map-US 2014. Both of these are useful starting points for hosting a mapping event.

Event Locations

Hosting an Event

Your event can be an outside surveying event or an inside editing event.

Design your event friendly to newcomers, make sure there's someone available to instruct on how to survey using Field_Papers and how to edit OpenStreetMap using the Id editor.

Your event location should preferably have fast internet, comfortable seating, and work tables. If you're working at a school, bear in mind that their technologies might be constrained (older equipment, no admin privileges, etc.) and plan for work-arounds.

Changes committed to OpenStreetMap should contain the hashtag, #GAW in the changeset comment.

Link to a post-event survey to gauge interest and ideas for improving future events.